Eve1972
Written on Jan 16, 2018
I hate to jinx myself by saying this but I seem to be on a little roll with exceptionally good books lately. I was expecting a fairly straightforward and dark "captive" story but what I ended up with was something much much more. It had depth. It had sadness. It had redemption. It had pain. It had anger. It had a well-developed plot and characters. It was just a really great read for sure.
On top of all those things mentioned above, it was also a very well written book. The pace was perfect. It was a fairly quick read (clocking in at @ 3 hours total reading time). The plot was engaging and as I mentioned above had good depth to it. As this was only the second book I have read by this author (something I will be fixing in the near future) many of the mafia "players" were new to me, but a quick glance through the author's books show a lot of them already have their own books. That said, I had no problem following along with this story and it works fine as a standalone book. I didn't find this one particularly angsty and there was no OW/OM drama. The sex scenes were smokin' and plentiful. There was a small cast of secondary characters that added good extra layers to the plot. I don't know if HUGO has a book already if he doesn't I would love to see him get one. As well as Cilla's brother Jones.
Both the main characters were very likable. Kill (Killian) was sexy as f-ck. Alpha. Bada$$. Dark. Brooding. But vulnerable when it came to Cilla. Cilla (Priscilla) was a broken soul. In the beginning, she comes across sassy and feisty. Strong willed. But the more the book progresses the more her past is revealed, and it's an awful and sad past. In fact, both these characters have tragic pasts that have defined their lives. The on page chemistry and feelings between them is off the charts though and their journey to healing each other was a pleasure to read. Last, it was all wrapped up in a couple sweet epilogues. I assume we will probably see this couple again at some point in other books so the epilogues we were left with (HFN) were satisfactory. Not much left to say, really. Another cracking good read and yours truly is giving this one two HUGE thumbs up.